16 February 2019

Wisconsin - Report: Wisconsin Ranks 'Top Middle Of Class' In Nation For Laws Protecting LGBTQ Community

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Mary Kate McCoy WPR Neillsville, WI Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Neillsville_Downtown.jpg p...

lead story - Transgender YouTube star 'Furry Potato' shot while filming outside synagogue

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VIDEO - Matt Baume - Republicans Claim Marriage Equality is Religious, Somehow

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15 February 2019

Donald Trump - Trump's disgraceful 'national emergency' was inevitabile

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Maria Cardona The Hill Credit:  https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6f/15/74/6f1574535788483d89acadbfcafa6f54.jpg please press:   th...

Malaysia/India - Indian transgender activist told to change stated gender for Malaysian visa application

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Press The Star Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Kuala_Lumpur_Malaysia_Dewan-...

civil rights - COLUMN: Billy Barr — more of the same, if not worse

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Nebraska - LGBTQ People in Nebraska Were Alone for Decades. No Longer.

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Abbi Swatsworth Advocate Lincoln, NE Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Government_Square%2C_Lincoln%...

lead story - Thai Transgender Candidate Runs for ‘Next Generation’

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14 February 2019

Donald Trump - McCabe Says Justice Dept. Officials Had Discussions About Pushing Trump Out

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Germany - German insurer must pay for transgender beard removal

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Alistair Walsh Deutsche Welle Hanover, Germany  Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Hannover_Synagogen...

civil rights - Tennessee becomes first state in the South with hate crime law protecting transgender people

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Natalie Allison Tennesseean. Nashville, TN Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Bellevue_TN_Don_Johnson...

Arkansas - Arkansas veteran says transgender ban is insult to his sacrifice

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Melissa Zygowicz THV 11 (CBS) Little Rock, AR Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Pulaski_County_Court...

lead story - Andover Public Library will keep transgender children’s books in the kids section

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Jason Tidd The Wichita Eagle Andover, KS (lower left on map) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Ma...
13 February 2019

Oregon - Basic Rights Oregon Is Fighting For LGTBQ+ Rights—and Winning

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Elise Herron Willamette Week Portland, OR Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Ladd_Carriage_House_in_2...

lead story - Twitter sued by blogger who was barred for tweets about transgender people

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Queenie Wong Cnet Credit:  https://i.warosu.org/data/jp/img/0116/76/1386119924541.gif please press:   www.cnet.com ezs note...
12 February 2019

lead story - An indecent exposure bill in Tennessee is unfairly targeting transgender people, advocates say

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11 February 2019

El Salvador - Nayib Bukele elected president of El Salvador

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Ernesto Valle Washington Blade San Salvador, El Salvador (1868 flag) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/...

civil rights - ACLU sues Springs business over denial of health coverage to transgender employee

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Andy Koen KOAA News Colorado Springs, CO Doolittle Hall (United States Air Force Academy) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.o...

Wisconsin - Despite Strides, Disparities In Health Care Remain For LGBTQ Population

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lead story - Two men on trial for unleashing ‘sheer brutality’ on transgender community

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Keith L. Alexander The Washington Post Washington DC Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Aerial_view_o...
10 February 2019

Cameroon - Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Cameroon

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civil rights - Bill killed in ongoing battle on transgender rights in SD

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Sarah Mearhoff Rapid City Journal Rapid City, SD Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Rapid_City%2C_Sou...

Wyoming - Orr declares new protections for LGBTQ employees

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lead story - Commentary: Transgender people just want to be themselves

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Dex Rumsey The Salt Lake Tribune Grantsville, UT Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Grantsville_Utah_...
09 February 2019

Bermuda - Advisory group to help police

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Renae Stampp The Royal Gazette Hamilton, Bermuda The Royal Gazette (1796) Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/...

civil rights - Gender-neutral bathrooms benefit a lot of people. Our region needs more of them.

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D. Taylor Reich Greater Greater Washington Washington DC Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/The_Cairo...

Indiana - Elvis impersonator turned state legislator files anti-transgender bill in Indiana

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Alex Bollinger LGBTQ Nation ezs note:  Uh-huh.  If you live in Indiana's 45th district, ( Jasonville   area) maybe it's tim...

lead story - ‘I hope no one tries to kill me in the middle of the street,’ transgender woman living in New Orleans says

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Aubry Killion WDSU New Orleans, LA Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Tanker_IVER_SPRING_on_Mississip...
08 February 2019

Uzbekistan - The Missing Piece in Uzbekistan’s Reform Puzzle

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James Reston The Diplomat Tashkent, Uzbekistan Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Kaunakes_Bactria_Lo...

civil rights - Treatment of Transgender People in Custody Must Improve

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Georgia - Transgender metro Atlanta teen named homecoming queen

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Press Project Q Atlanta Atlanta, GA Object of Wo(man), William Massey Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons...

lead story - Trump ban on transgender troops in US military could be reversed by new congress bill

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Felicia Sonmez Independent US Capitol Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Vault_ag1982_0119x_085_1_opt...
07 February 2019

Donald Trump - Trump Is Walling Off the GOP

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Ronald Brownstein The Atlantic Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/PinkFloydAnotherBrickCover.jpg please pr...

Macedonia/EU - Transgender Macedonians Hail ‘Turning Point’ European Court Ruling

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civil rights - Transgender man, former “Queer Eye” guest, sues University of Georgia over health care discrimination

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John Riley Metroweekly Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afevIpJq37A please press:  

Ohio - Discrimination complaints to Ohio Civil Rights Commission up

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lead story - South Dakota lawmakers defeat bill giving parents right to deny transgender treatment

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Lisa Kaczke Sioux Falls Argus-Leader Pierre, SD Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/SD_Capitol.jpg ...
06 February 2019

civil rights - HRC and LGBTQ Community: Here’s the Real State of the Union

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Charlotte Clymer HRC House of Representatives Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/G.W._Bush_delivers_S...

Illinois - Transgender Illinois inmate feels safer after transfer

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lead story - Hartke's book teaches about gifts of transgender Christians

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Hilary Howes National Catholic Reporter Northfield, MN Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/DowntownNor...
05 February 2019

South Sudan - Adut Akech: The South Sudanese refugee making fashion history

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Shirine Saad CNN Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cDok6R1_Kw please press:   www.cnn.com

civil rights - Weinberg: Remembering Babs, a transgender activist who blazed a path for LGBTQ rights

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Loretta Weinberg nj.com ezs note:  Goodbye, Babs... Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elMyktcftLk please press:   www.n...

Kansas - Meet the transgender activist suing the state of Kansas

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lead story - State of the Union: Five lawmakers invite transgender service members

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04 February 2019

AUDIO - This Is Happening with Jerry Quickley - David Cay Johnston

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Donald Trump - Trump’s ‘Great Memory’ Fails As He Repeatedly Forgets Names In New Supercut

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Netherlands/US - Prosecutors to decide if Nashville anti-gay charter breaches Dutch law

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civil rights - New Jersey restaurant server claims she was fired because she’s transgender

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New York - Gillibrand invites transgender Navy officer to State of the Union address

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Mark Weiner syracuse.com Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Kirsten_Gillibran...

lead story - We need to be counted. New CDC data help drive transgender visibility.

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